
Awen
Susan Mayse(Author)
Holdfast Books (Publisher)
Published on 20. October 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
652 pages
978-0-9950309-4-7 (ISBN)
Description
Long after Arthur lay in a rain-washed grave, long after the legends faded from memory, a new generation defended an old border.
White town in the breast of the wood,
this forever is its wealth:
blood on the face of the grass.
In a dangerous era, an enigmatic poem portrayed a war fugitive wandering her ruined kingdom; an earthen wall transformed enemies into uneasy allies; and a man with a famous name wrote an ambiguous inscription on a memorial stone. All three survived twelve centuries as fragments of a nearly forgotten world.
Awen imagines the origins of the ninth-century Welsh poetry cycle Canu Heledd and restores the breath of life to a brilliant poet in a dark time.
More details
Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 39 mm
Weight
1043 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9950309-4-7 (9780995030947)
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Person
Canadian writer and editor Susan Mayse writes fiction and nonfiction. Long ago she worked as a salmon cannery hand, newspaper reporter, late show disk jockey, photographer, television researcher-writer and book scout. Studies in anthropology, classics and medieval history and her work in Northern Canada aided her in writing about other eras and cultures. Awen was shortlisted for the Bodley Head historical fiction prize in the UK. Her awards include the Arthur Ellis Award for true crime and the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction for Ginger: The Life and Death of Albert Goodwin.